Youth Support Worker

Are you ready for a new challenge?

We are looking for someone who is passionate about youth work and ready to help shape and grow our work alongside young people across Rhyl. You'll build positive relationships with young people, facilitate engaging activities, groups and workshops, and create opportunities for them to develop new skills, build confidence and have fun.

As we enter the next phase of the partnership, you'll work alongside young people to understand what belonging means to them and help create spaces where they feel safe, valued and part of their communities.

What is the service?

The Rhyl Co-op Partnership is all about helping young people create positive futures. Working alongside young people, schools, community organisations and local partners, we deliver youth groups, workshops, projects and events that focus on three key areas: improving wellbeing, increasing access to food and creating opportunities for young people to develop skills, try new experiences and build connections within their community.

Young people are at the heart of everything we do. We want them to have a say in the activities, services and issues that matter to them.

Food is an important part of the partnership and can take many forms, from cooking and sharing meals to exploring healthy food choices, improving access to food locally and bringing people together through food-based activities.

What does the role involve?

You'll work directly with young people aged 10-25 across a range of settings, including youth groups, schools, community venues and local events, leading our established youth group in Rhyl every Thursday evening.

In this role, you'll:

• Plan, deliver and evaluate engaging youth groups, workshops and activities for young people.
• Support the development of new groups, projects and opportunities across Rhyl, working alongside young people to ensure their voices influence the activities and experiences available to them.
• Build positive relationships with young people and create safe, welcoming and inclusive spaces.
• Work collaboratively with schools, community organisations and other local partners.
• Maintain accurate records and monitor outcomes.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns.
• Supervise volunteers and sessional staff, contributing to the ongoing growth and development of the staff and service.

We'd love to hear from you if you:

• Are passionate about youth work and the futures of young people.
• Have experience of working directly with young people and confidence in facilitating groups, activities and workshops for a range of ages and needs.
• Have a strong understanding of safeguarding and child protection, with experience of applying relevant policies, procedures and legislation in practice.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with young people, families, colleagues and partner organisations, communicating effectively with a range of audiences.
• Are organised and able to manage a varied workload.
• Bring creativity, initiative and enthusiasm to your work.
• Have inclusion and participation at the heart of your practice.
• Can communicate through the medium of Welsh (desirable).

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date.  We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible

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Pay & Reward Framework

We appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo'svalues. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. 

We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive.

The salary range advertised is in line with our pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role. Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.